An official in Romania says that the notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape that killed two guards last year is being extradited to France from Romania.

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one" was formally indicted on a slew of organised crime charges including murder before an investigating magistrate in Paris late Tuesday after his extradition from Romania.

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one", who was arrested in Romania over the weekend after months on the run, arrived in France on Tuesday, said

A notorious French fugitive who staged a deadly escape last year has appeared in a Romanian court. A nine-month international police hunt culminated in his arrest in Bucharest.

A French convict, on the run since being freed last May in an ambush that left two prison officers dead, has been arrested in Romania, the interior ministers of both

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one" was formally indicted on a slew of organised crime charges including murder before an investigating magistrate in Paris after his extradition from Romania.

A suspected gangland killer described as France's "public enemy number one", who was arrested in Bucharest over the weekend after months of being on the run, has left Romania for